shut down. hundreds of thousands of government workers, sent home. how long could it last? >> hi. i'm kai jackson. here's what people are talking about. the government has now been shut down for 16 hours and counting. and apparently there's no sign of a comp myself to get it reopened at this time. wjz is live with complete coverage. danielle nottingham has more on what the shutdown will do and mean and the ongoing negotiations to reverse it. and derek valcourt has more on the impact on maryland workers. and there are a lot of them. vic carter has marylanders sounding off on this topic. >> reporter: the defense department is putting the brakes on sports competitions at the service academies. the national institutes of health is preparing to turn away hundreds of patients. and this is just day 1 of the shutdown. >> reporter: the reality of a government shutdown began sinking in, as hundreds of thousands of federal workers

were sent home tuesday. >> we need our jobs. >> reporter: on capitol hill, the finger pointing continued. >> democratic leaders in congress finally have their prize, a government shutdown that no one seems to want but them. >> they're obsessed with the healthcare law, and they're obsessed with hurting this president. >> reporter: for a fourth time, this senate removed language, weakening the president's healthcare law, from a temporary spending bill and sent it back to the house. >> reporter: house republicans wanted senators to come to the negotiating table and work out their differences. the senate refused. >> none of us want to be in this shutdown. the way to se-- resolve differences is to come and talk. and as you can see here, nobody is here to talk. >> president obama accused house republicans of holding the economy hostage. >> reopen the government. restart the services americans depend on. >> reporter: in a letter to federal service workers, the president said they had become punching bags in a partisan

fight. >> reporter: house republicans are now looking at a piecemeal approach. they're planning a vote today to fund the national park service, veterans and the district of columbia. live on capitol hill, danielle nottingham. now, back to you. >> danielle, thank you. complete coverage continues now with derek valcourt, who is live with the impact that this shutdown is having here on maryland. and it's a big one, right, derek? >> reporter: no surprise, maryland is feeling the brunt of this shutdown. and that's becaused -- because maryland is one of the states with the highest percentage of federal workers living here. >> reporter: john has time to walk his dogs around baltimore, now that he like thousands of others are on a forced furlough from his nasa job. >> it's a massive ive pact. your hours stop and your paycheck does as well. >> goddard space flight center and p.g. county. aberdeen proving ground.

and almost every federal facility in washington. in fact, lost wages from those federal workers means the state of maryland will lose an estimated $5 million in tax revenues for each shutdown day. governor o'malley said, in this year's maryland budget, we set aside funds to lessen the impact of sequestration. we have flexibility on how to use these funds and we're analyzing all of our options to try to minimize the effects of prolonged congressional recklessness. classes where military instructors aren't able to substitute have been canceled. it appears this saturday's highly anticipated navy-air force game in annapolis has also been suspended. for now, furloughed federal employees have little to do but wait. >> hoping for a quick resolution. i want to get back to work and continue my paycheck again.

but you never know how long something like this is going to take. >> reporter: coming up all new at 5:00, i'll have more on how the shutdown is affecting maryland and baltimore's fort mchenry. also, how some federal workers are protesting the shutdown. that's coming up at 5:00. back to you. >> all right, derek. thank you. complete coverage continues now with vic. he is livewith more on things the people are saying. >> reporter: many are angry. others disappointed. wjz hit the streets to ask you what you would say to a member of congress or senator about what they would say if they were here now. >> it's kind of a disgrace to people who get up to go to work and don't have a job because the government doesn't want them to work. i think that's pretty bad. >> would tell my senators and representatives, i would say, ms. mikulski, mr. cardin, and mr. cummings, help the republicans understand, it's time to get my son and husband back to work. >> i think it's troubling that our congress can't make a decision to keep our government

working. that's a basic responsibility that they have. >> i would tell them, it's not fair to to lave off these people and you -- lay off these people and you still get a paycheck. if federal workers don't get a paycheck because of the shutdown, you should not also. >> people felt the affordable healthcare act is the law and should not be used as a bargaining chip by congress. >> for the latest information any time,ing loonto -- log onto cbsbaltimore.com. we have an accident to tell you about. sky eye chopper 13 is over the scene. >> reporter: good afternoon, a single vehicle involved in this accident. you can see it, upside-down, in the bushes, on the left side of the road there. this is the ramp from i-70 westbound, inside the beltway, as it merges onto the inner loop of the beltway. we did see one patient being transported from this scene. they're at least put in the

ambulance. ambulance has not left the scene yet. there it is. this has not had a huge impact on traffic. but for anybody coming out of the city, westbound on 70, trying to get on the inner loop, security boulevard would be the best work around. reporting live from sky eye chopper 13, i'm captain jeff long. back to you. >> all right, captain jeff. thank you. the future is still unclear for the building in washington, d.c. that was the scene of last month's mass shooting. building 197 at the washington navy yard suffered extensive damage from the september 16th attack, when aaron alexis killed 17 people. the navy is awarded a $6 million contract to a colorado firm to repair damage. for now that, building remains closed. one person is arrested in the caught-on-tape motorcycle beating of a driver in new york city. alison harmelin reports for wjz with the latest. >> reporter: police say they've arrested the biker who caused an accident that led to the caught-on video attack of a new

york city driver. the man was riding his suv, with his wife and 2-year-old daughter, when police say a mob of bikers surrounded him. one suddenly slowed down, causing the driver to clip him. the video, shot on a biker's helmet camera, and posted on the internet, shows the suv mowing down a motorcyclist, and taking off. but police say the driver was only trying to get away after the biker swerved in front of his car and slashed his tires. then a swarm of bikers chased the suv. one of them tried to pull the driver from his range rover, before he escaped again. finally, the suv came to a stop. and the bikers smashed the windows. a witness describes what happens after the camera was turnedaf. >> one of the bicyclists, he got off his bike. and he started attacking the person in the range rover with his helmet, breaking the windows. and after they got him out of his car, they beat him up. >> reporter: police say many motorcycle groups come to the city every year. they apply for permits and don't cause any problems am but police commissioner ray kelly says the group involved in this

incident has caused trouble before. >> last year, they came in with over 1,000 psychists -- cyclists to be somewhat disruptive. they rode on the sidewalk. that sort of thing. >> reporter: the driver received stitches at a hospital and was released. police are trying to track down the two identical biker -- two bikers shown in this photo. in new york, alison harmelin, wjz eyewitness news. >> police say the biker hit by the suv suffered two broken legs. a federal judge stops a gun law from going into fac. gun rights groups waited until it was too late to challenge the law. beginning today, certain assault weapons and magazines are banned. and perspective gun buyers must go through a more thorough background check. in addition to the gun control legislation, a number of other new laws go into effect today. talking while on a handheld cell phone is now an rawfs.

-- offense. you cannot have your phone in your hands while operating a vehicle. here's another look. people cannot use computers to inflict emotional distress on children, or cyber bullying as it's known. maryland now bans the death penalty. any organization that has a pool open to the public needs to have a defibrillator program. is this the 1st of october or may? it has been two delightful weeks of fall weather. bob turk has the first warning weather center. we'll get to kristy breslin there a moment. >> the last two weeks have been absolutely spectacular. temperatures at or slightly below average. we were at 79. last hour, up to 83. 84 in d.c. 71 in oakland. and temperatures ranging through the 70s. normal high today is around 72. so we're well above that right now. temperatures right now, running about seven degrees warmer than

they were yesterday at this time. d.c. and easton, 8 degrees. ocean city, 9 degrees warmer than yesterday. now, this warm weather will continue all up and down the east coast, as you can see. high pressure moving across the region means winds generally go to the west and southwest. pretty warm air. the front to the north is going to weaken. so we don't see much in the way of cooling. maybe slightly cooler air coming here on thursday. we talk about the five-day forecast. pretty warm into the weekend. in a few minutes. kai? >> all right, bob. thank you. let's check on the roads with kristy breslin at wjz traffic control. hi, kristy. >> hi, kai. hi, everyone. let's start off with delays out there on the beltway. top side inner loop, watch for slow traffic there, from the jones falls expressway to dulaney valley road. west side inner loop, slows down from niche past 70. average speed, about 30 miles an hour. as far as 95 goes, only a minor slowdown as you make your way towards the beltway on the northeast corner. a couple of accidents we're watching out there as well.

cooks lane at north forest park avenue. north holiday, at east lexington. and liberty heights at western parkway. outer loop, from 83 to 95. 34 miles per hour average, and 16 minutes to get by. let's now take a live look. as you can see, we have some volume there on the beltway at 70. 70, westbound, as you head towards the inner loop. it is on the shoulder. so not really affecting traffic at this point. this traffic report is brought to you by the maryland schools for the blind, vehicles donation program. call 866-792- -- to donate. thank you, kristy. still ahead at 4:00. come here. come here. i got you. i got you. >> beyond the call of duty. a police officer trying to save a woman from a burning car. did he get to her in time? this is the police

department! please exit campus immediately. the campus is now closed. a california college campus. how a simple theft may have caused a major explosion. road rage to the extreme. what happens when one driver pulls a gun on another one? and what a way to start the week. stick around for the updated first warning forecast. ,,,,,,

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partly sunny and 79 degrees in central maryland. the complete first warning weather forecast is coming up. an indiana man is arrested in a frightening road rage incident. this is mobile phone video shot by a motorist. it apparently shows an armed driver, pointing a gun at a motorist. the motorist started recording because the suspect car was driving recklessly. take a look at this.

window rolled down. what appears to be a weapon in hand. it's unclear if any shots were fired. police identified the suspect and arrested him at a correctional facility where he works. a firefighter is hurt, battling a strip mall fire in whittier, california. the three-alarm fire destroyed all five businesses in the shopping center. the fire started in the alt -- attic of a laundry mat. a firefighter was treated for burns. no one else was hurt. power is restored to most of the university of california berkeley today, after a massive explosion forces a campus wide evacuation. joe vazquez reports, a thief may be to blame for that blast. >> reporter: the underground explosion started around 6:30, near the chancellor's building. several bystanders were immediately wounded. >> this is the police department. exit campus immediately. >> reporter: campus police began spreading out around uc berkeley, evacuating the entire

campus, telling people to be careful of the manhole covers. there was still the threat of more explosions. what caused the fire? a uc berkeley spokesman says the cops are investigating the possibility it was started by copper thieves. >> apparently, unknown individuals had been in the process of removing copper grounding wire from our electrical system. the damage that was -- that we were able to see and assess was repaired on sunday. but the power outage tonight is an indication that the damage they caused may have been far more extensive than we originally thought. >> reporter: as firefighters worked to get the flames under control, the electrical blackout was causing problems on other parts of campus. police worked for hours to rescue about 20 people who were trapped in elevators. the blackout actually began around 4:30. most classes were canceled. but some students calmly went on with their lessons outside. even the choir continued their

rehearsals. these scenes took place just before the explosion, and the entire campus got evacuated. >> it's definitely really eerie. you never see it quite this empty. never see it this dark. it's scary, of course. >> everybody is just hoping that everybody is okay. and that there's no lasting damage. >> the school's twitter feed announces that most classes are meeting as scheduled. now, despite the uncertainty in washington, apparently it's a good day on wall street. all the markets finishing in positive territory. the dow is up 62. s&p up 13. nasdaq up 46 and a half. let's go to new york, where alexis christoforous has tonight's cbs money watch update. >> reporter: wall street took news of the partial government shutdown in stride. analysts say the length of the shutdown will determine its impact on the economy. the labor department has already said if the shutdown

continues, it will not release friday's unemployment report. encouraging news to lift stocks. the manufacturing expanded last month at the fastest pace in 2 1/2 years. and home prices continued to climb in august. according to core logic, prices were nearly 12 1/2% higher than a year ago. but the report also shows the price increases are beginning to slow, as mortgage rates move higher. total auto sales fell in september for the first time in more than two years. but a quirk in a calendar, not lowered demand is to blame. labor day weekend which is not a popular time is counted in august figures instead of september's. new jersey-based merck, will cut another 8500 jobs. that's on top of the other ones announced. together, it represents 20% of the drug maker's work force. and amazon.com will hire 40% more seasonal workers than last. many of the 70,000 temporary

hires will be made full-time, after the holidays. that's your money watch. for the latest business news, follow me on twitter, at alexis, cbs news. in new york, i'm alexis christoforous. too cute. 14 new panda cubs make their public debut and get some play time on top of that. this is the first video of the furry little bears. all the panda babies are born this year, at a breeding place in southwest china. the eldest is four months old. the youngest, just 3 weeks old. oh, man. okay. that's just cute. the china giant panda protection research center has bred 20 cubs this year, setting a new world record. how about we just leave this video up for the next hour? i think people would be happy with that. oh, my goodness. okay. that's -- that's beyond adorable. all right. i know. coming up on eyewitness news at 4:00. >> they're everywhere. there's one, two, three, four

and a fifth over there. a fishing trip. two men will never forget. they take a journey into the heart of say water spout. from jimi jimi hendrix's amp to amy winehouse's dress. the baltimore house is getting a renovation. i'll tell you how you can be a v.i.p. at the grand opening tonight. will the rest of today be as nice as earlier? or perhaps better? wjz 13 is always on. for the top stories on cbsbaltimore.com, instant updates and first warning weather all the time, click cbsbaltimore.com. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

beautiful shot over the city, bob, just a wonderful day outside. >> this weather has been pretty remarkable. >> it's been a lack of rain. and very, very dry, sunny conditions. >> yes. >> today, we're above normal. last hour, normal high today is only 72. and it's going to get hotter the next do you mean of days.

79 now. but the newport is low. 52 degrees. barometer, holding made, 29.97 inches. currently 79 in elkton. here, hagerstown, the cool spot, 81. dew point at 54. if the dew point were much more like in the 60s. you'd probably feel sticky. tomorrow, we'll continue to have a west or northwest wind that will come down the mountains. it will heat up again. east of the mountains, a couple of degrees, warmer than we had today. may get up to 85 or 86 degrees tomorrow. it will still be dry. but tomorrow will be a very warm afternoon for october. here in the east, not a whole lot happening. most of the stuff is across the canadian border. that's pretty much where the jet stream is now. the cool air, north of that jet stream, not going to see that headed this way. at least not in the next five to six days.

going to stay well above average. a few clouds this afternoon. most of the activity staying north of you us. north of us. wash out. stay in the warm air. that weak front gets close to us. temperatures may drop a couple of degrees on thursday. and then go right back for friday. shower activity should hold off, we think, until maybe sunday night or maybe monday. jerry, still not doing much of anything. small circulation. winds are 45. practically standing still right now. but the model is stuck in the atlantic ocean. west winds, 5 to 10 knots. will not affect any land areas. bay temp still around 70 degrees still. tonight, please pleasantly cool with generally clear skies. could be patchy fog. tomorrow, warm. yeah. 86 degrees sometime around 3:00 or so. but mainly sunny skies. it's going to feel more like -- really more like august than october. >> we love that. we need the rain, though. >> nothing you can do about it,

though. >> too bad the pools are closed. and don't miss tonight's cbs primetime lineup at 10:00. it's a new person of interest echsode, followed by eyewitness news at 11:00. the ravens are on the road. you can see the game sunday at 1:00, live here on wjz. still ahead on eyewitness news at 4:00. fatal flight. the latest on the investigation into that deadly plane crash in california. standoff over the shutdown. any hope of a compromise? eyewitness news at 4:00 too big. too small. too soft. too tasty. [ both laugh ] [ male announcer ] introducing progresso's new creamy alfredo soup. inspired by perfection. [ female announcer ] at 100 calories, not all food choices add up. some are giant. some not so giant. when managing your weight, bigger is always better. ♪ ho ho ho

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obama's signature legislation. instead, the affordal care act is at the center of a big political debate. in the first government shutdown in 17 years. >> reporter: i urge house republicans to reopen the government. restart the services americans depend on. and allow the public servants who have been sent home to return to work. >> reporter: but there were few signs of a solution at the capital tuesday morning and the blame game continued. >> the government is closed. because of irracialt of what is -- irracialt of what is going on. . >> democrats and republicans have their prize, the government shutdown that no one seems to want but them. >> reporter: october brought the start of the new fiscaliary. and now, many parts of the government are without funding. thousands arrived, expecting to be turned around and furloughed, others expecting disruptions to their staff.

>> there are concerns. a lot of them are very worried. >> reporter: at national parks and monuments, signs and bear careds. -- barricades. in the virtual realm, saying, sorry, we're closed. a group of veterans, many in wheelchairs, broke through the fences. despite the political protests, health insurance exchanges as part of the affordable care act, or obama care, opened as scheduled tuesday, already funded. >> reporter: the defense department says it has temporarily suspended all at the academies. as a result of the partial shutdown, the navy will decide by thursday if the saturday game in annapolis will go on. the government shutdown is already having a widespread impact here in maryland and across the nation. our coverage continues with kai jackson. >> tens of thousands of federal government employees live here

in maryland. so we want... [ inaudible ] >> what will the case be? we want to know what your answer is. come here to cbsbaltimore.com to catch cast your vote. just click on the link at the top of the home page. right now, 35% of you say it will not impact you. 35% say it will influence your vote. >> thank you very much, kai. and we invite you to stay with wjz. we will continue to update you on the negotiations in congress and the impact here in maryland. the investigation continues into the crash of two trains. in chicago, that injured dozens of people. as jay levine reports, the cause is not immediately clear. >> reporter: the four-car runaway train, which struck the standing westbound train at the harlem avenue station, was scheduled to go to the cta's workshop, to repair cars that had been out of service since last monday. but not during a busy monday morning rush hour. >> we really don't know if we can characterize it as a

runaway train. obviouslies are it was moving in a direction that it shouldn't have been. >> reporter: it should have been waiting here, powering down west of the forest park station. this is where the sequence of mistakes or malfunctions, leading to repeated failures of the fail-safe system began. >> in my 27 years here, i have not seen a train start by itself. >> we do not know if there was a contractor. >> reporter: both sides of the station were so-called interlock. >> there were two switches that ideally should have stopped the train. but they did not. now, that could have been a simple matter of the switches being misaligned. so we do have fail-safes in place. howevers they didn't function the way that they should in this particular case. >> reporter: bob kelly estimates that the train traveled for two or three minutes after passing forest park, observed without an operatorring before it crashed into a train at harlem. >> had someone radio ahead to the motorman in that following

train. or in the train that was stopped or about to stop in that station, the motorman might have been able to alert the passengers, brace for impact, protect yourself, move out of the car, whatsoever. >> i'm actually getting reports that the motormen of that train tried to do that. >> reporter: about four dozen people were hurt in the collision, but none of the injuries is life-threatening. four bodies have now been recovered from a burn-out hangar in southern california, after a plane crash. the twin-engine cessna plowed into a hangar saturday night. investigators are trying to determine the identities of the other two victims. no word yet what caused that crash. one teenager has been rescued from a massive rock slide south of denver. but five others did not make it out. bigad shaban has the latest on this tragedy. >> reporter: search crews carried stretchers up the trail

to the agnes dale water fall. witnesses say the bodies of five people were buried under rocks the size of cars. >> we have rock bars and shovels. and it will all be handiwork. >> reporter: emergency responders rescued 13-year-old gracie johnson monday. they air-lifted her to children's hospital near denver. the local sheriff says her leg is broken. and gracie told the sheriff, her father shielded her from the rocks. he died, along with her mother, brother, and two cosines-- cousins, visiting from missouri. the rock slide at 8 feet wide, 10 feet deep, and several yards long, is not stable. no helicopters are allowed overhead because of what the vibrations could do to the 100- ton boulders. and there are three different crews on the ground, keeping watch for rock movement. the johnson teams, both attended nearby high schools, and their parents were coaches there. today, a school community gathered on campus. it has now become a memorial for the victims.

bigad shaban, wjz eyewitness news. and the youngest of the victims is 10 years old. a baltimore man faces first- degree murder charges in a deadly stabbing. sky eye chopper 13 is over the scene of vincent avenue. got into a fight with his estranged boyfriend. during the fight, police say freeman pulled out a knife and stabbed burly several times. burly died after being rushed to the hospital. two suspects under arrest for a string of armed robberies. 18-year-old deanne dray spears. and 20-year-old tevan mccray both face crim charges in the case. police also found marijuana pacts for sale when they were arrested. hard to believe, this is the first day of october. live look outside right now. feels more like midspring than fall. activelies in the 80s. wjz has weather and traffic together. bob turk is here with the updated numbers from wiefort

warning weather. bob? >> we were cooled a little bit. 83 an hour ago. right now, 79 degrees. still way above average. 84 in d.c. 81 in cumberland. and ocean city, 81 now. the cool spot, up in oakland, at 70 degrees. and locally, temperatures still in the upper 70s. more mid- to upper 70s. normal high today is only 72 degrees, by the way. now, temperatures right this minute, about 3ing -- 3 degrees warmer than they were yesterday. 9 degrees warmer than yesterday. and 8 degrees warmer in ocean city. tomorrow, huds along the east coast, until that front gets close. warm temperatures, dominating much of the region for the rest of the week. no big changes. just a slight fluctuation. next couple of days, well above average. let's check on the roads with kristy breslin at traffic control. we still have a lot of accidents out there. the one that sky eye chopper showed you earlier. it's westbound 70 on the ramp to the inner loop of the

beltway. it's now on the shoulder. but it does have traffic slowing down just to take a look at it. other accidents around the city, plenty of them. liberty heights at west northern parkway. edmondson at wheeler. east preston. and erdmann avenue at sinclaire lane. as far as delays go, they continue to run heavily, along the top side inner loop. going over to harford road. west side inner loop, watch for a slowdown there as well. not quite as significant. from southwestern boulevard over to different. after that point, you're back to full speed. as far as your overall travel times go, 39 miles per hour average. and 14 minutes to get through. let's now take a live look. as you can see, a little slowing there on the beltway west of york road. this traffic report is brought to you by home goods. find what makes you happy at a price that makes you home goods happy. back to you. >> thank you, kristy. one of the original restaurants at the baltimore power plant live gets a facelight. a live look at the hard rock

cafe now. even if you have been to the restaurant before, there's a lot of new stuff to see. >> reporter: now, this is a ribbon cutting. no ribbon, a lot of guitars. fitting way to reopen hard rock cafe. >> today is actually a huge celebration of what's called the grand reopening. >> reporter: hard to believe, it's been 16 years since new. now, a new multimillion dollar renovation makes it lighter. >> it's a washburn guitar that belonged to paul stanley of kiss. their star child. >> it gives a tour. >> a little german-made flask that belonged to jimmy hend riksz. >> jimi hendrix drank out of this flask? >> he did, indeed. i'm convinced some sort of video goo child will -- voodoo child will come out and give us magical powers.

if there is someone known for his fashion as well as music, it's elton john. >> also the band imagine dragons. >> radioactive, radio active ♪ >> not bad really. but the band prefers this version. >> radioactive ♪ >> reporter: get this. only 300v.i.p.s gets to see the show and you may be a vip and not even know it. >> tonight, there will be a party on the pier, from 5:00 to 8:00, with music and food, and the opportunity for lucky consumers to win their way into the exclusive v.i.p. performance of imagine dragons. >> reporter: so from madonna's sequined undies, the renovation sparkles. at hard rock cafe, mike schuh, wjz eyewitness news. back to you on tv hill. >> i guess we're not v.i.p.s. the party tonight is also raising money for the casey cares foundation. >> i heard there's a case with a bob turk twanger, too. >> he can make some music with that thing.

>> yes, he can. caught on tape. a police officer's frantic effort to save a woman trapped in a burning car. look for answers. a promising young college student shot to death at a party. stick around for the updated first warning weather forecast. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

the search continues for a suspect in the shooting death of a tuskegee university student. 21-year-old bobby smith was shot in the back friday night at a block party. smith was a senior finance major at tuskegee university and a member of the tennis team. he was also a new fawferghtd, with a baby less than a month old. in the nick of time, a police officer risks his life to save a woman involved in the car accident. kai is live to explain it was all caught to tape. >> it was, vic. the officer in el segundo is being called a hero, for pulling ail woman out of a car, moments before it erupts in

flames. >> get way from the car. >> get mairmd paramedics over here. >> reporter: by the time officer rodriguez was able to pull the driver out of the car, it was engulfed. 22-year-old victim was at first listed in critical condition. but it is now expected to survive? vic? >> that's great news. officer rodriguez was treated for smoke inhalation and minor burns to his hands am. while much of the focus in washington today is on the government shutdown, today is also the first day you can sign up for the new affordable health care act. the president spoke this afternoon at the rose garden. calling on republicans who oppose the healthcare plan to give it up. millions of uninsured americans can now buy coverage online from health insurance exchanges. but it's not going off without a hitch. bigad shaban has the latest for wjz. >> and wouldn't let me do this. >> reporter: wanda young tried for two hours to sign up for health coverage this morning. but enrolling in one of the new affordable care act health exchanges wasn't easy.

>> the system of the just overloaded. there was no way. we tried four or five times. >> reporter: the 63-year-old suffers from bone and liver disease and hasn't been able to afford health insurance since losing her job, 9 months ago. >> how often do you feel the pain? >> my pain is constant. >> reporter: california is among several states, having sec cal issues online. and call centers are overloaded with people trying to get help. the obama administration hopes to enroll 7 million americans by next spring. dr. patrick bagad, an ob/gyn believes the new program will make patient records available to the government and compromise care. >> it seems policy is much more important than medical care. >> reporter: for but for wanda, having health insurance could be a life saver. >> the world doesn't see the type of person i am. they don't see the people who fall between the cracks. >> reporter: wanda hopes to pay somewhere around $75 a month

with the help of subsidies. she has until the 15th to sign up in order to have insurance benefits for the new year. >> open enrollment begins. beginning income year next year, all americans will have to pay a fine or 1% of their income. also in healthwatch, the number of parents sleeping in beds with infants is up, despite its reported dangers. that number more than doubled between 1993 and 2010 when researchers at the yale university school of medicine say so-called cosleeping is more common among minorities. scientists say cosleeping puts babies at a higher risk of sudden infant death syndrome. doctors recommend babies share a room with a parent, not the bed. a senate panel approves the nomination of caroline kennedy to seven as u.s. bam ambas dor to japan. the former first daughter has promised to carry on john f.

kennedy's legacy, with humility. if confirmed, kennedy would replace john ruse, a top obama fundraiser. fishermen in the florida keys drive their boat through a twister. >> reporter: this week, powerful storms gave two boaters from the skis the experience of a lifetime. >> who has got your lobster? >> reporter: that's what they originally intended to do on this trip. six miles north of the marathon. but aaron osters and kevin johnson, ended up chasing twisters instead. >> they're everywhere. there's one, two, three, four. and a fifth over there. >> reporter: the friends and their dog got a rare, up close look at these wonders of nature. >> how many people see water spouts spouts and tornadoes from this perspective? >> reporter: as as if that intimate water spout wasn't

enough, watch what they did next. [ screaming ] >> kevin johnson is a charter captain in the keys, where he's lived for more than two decades. he told me, via skype what it's like to go through a water spout. >> your ears pop. i mentioned that all of the hatches opened in the air. fortunately, nothing got stuck. but it's a very intense fan, basically. >> reporter: johnson said he has done it twi twice before. and he's mindful of the risks. >> it's up to me in the situation to assess whether it's a reasonable risk or not. >> two carrying cameras share their sea view of the power of nature. >> at least he's laughing.

johnson uploaded his video on you tube. it has racked up more than 30,000 views. >> my question, what did they do with the little dog? >> i don't know. get out and enjoy this fabulous weather. after watching eyewitness news, of course. >> how much longer will it last? last? bob turk has the updated ,,,,,,, [ female announcer ] having grands biscuits

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that's powerful. at 800-974-6006 tty/v. let's check in with bob. it's been a fantastic day weatherwise. >> gorgeous. >> it's been unbelievable. and it's going to get warmer than it's been today. we did get up to 83. about an hour and a half ago. right now, we're at 79 degrees. the dew point still quite low, at 54 degrees. humidity, 42%. west/northwest winds at 5. and the barometer is currently holding steady. 29.97 inches. 79 in elkton. 84, the warm spot in d.c. 79 in hagerstown. and only 61 in oakland, up there at 24. ocean city. man, what a great beach day. cover diabeticking withee breeze. tomorrow, again, a west or northwest wind will come down the mountains and what we call

through compressional heating, if it's 80 up here, it will be 84, 85, maybe 86, east of the mountains. that could happen tomorrow. look -- look for a very warm afternoon. shower activity on the gulf coast. that could increase of. a lot of moisture in cuba and jamaica, which could develop into a tropical system. in our part of the world, most of the cloud cover and cool sir is well nort of the area. up across southern canada. and for the time being, it's going to stay there. this chilly air, that's going to weaken. however, we have a front coming through the area. maybe sunday might and monday. and maybe, just maybe, we'll see a brief shower ahead of it. in the meantime, this front is going to wash out. cooler, milder air to the north of us, really never gets in here. so we stay on the warm side. couple of showers may be approaching the area by next week. quick look at the tropics.

no change and -- change and it's not updated. it's going nowhere. will not affect any landmassal at all. west winds on the bay, 5 to 10 knots. bay temp, there stuck around sefnghtd. pleasant night. down around 56. warmer in the city, with generally clear skies. tomorrow, 82 to 86 degrees. now, it's not a record. but pretty warm for october 2nd, with normal highs around 71, 72. and it continues warm into the weekend. >> wonderful. thank you, bob. still to come on eyewitness news. i'm derek valcourt at fort mchenry, with how the government shutdown is impacting maryland from the impacting maryland from the naval academy to the impact on , @yo⌟]

coming up next on wjz eyewitness news at 5:00. the government shut down for hours. and many are out of a job. efforts to delay new gun laws fail. i'm pat warren. opponents say they're not done yet. he has a super bowl ring. and now he's expecting a baby. i'm christie ileto. with more on how torrey smith and his wife are becoming parents. check in for more on these stories and all the a's breaking news. >> eyewitness news at 5:00 starts now. shutdown